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febbu-messenger

An unofficial multiplatform and privacy-focused Facebook Messenger app with many useful features .

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Highlights

*macOS only

Install

macOS 10.10+, Linux, and Windows 7+ are supported (64-bit only).

Download the latest version on the website or below.

Linux

Download the linux .zip file or appimage

Windows

Download the .exe file or .zip file.

Mac

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Taskbar settings

For taskbar notification badges to work on Windows 10, you'll need to enable them in Taskbar Settings.

Features

Dark mode

You can toggle dark mode in the View menu or with Cmd D / Ctrl D.

Vibrancy

On macOS, you can toggle the window vibrancy effect in the View menu.

Privacy

You can choose to prevent people from knowing when you have seen a message and when you are currently typing. These settings are available under the Febbu Messenger/File menu.

Mute desktop notifications

You can quickly disable receiving notifications from the Febbu Messenger/File menu or the Dock on macOS.

Prevents link tracking

Links that you click on will not be tracked by Facebook.

Jump to conversation hotkey

You can switch conversations similar to how you switch browser tabs: Cmd/Ctrl n (where n is 1 through 9).

Compact mode

The interface adapts when resized to a small size.

Desktop notifications

Desktop notifications can be turned on in Preferences.

Always on Top

You can toggle whether Caprine stays on top of other windows in the Window/View menu or with Cmd/Ctrl Shift t.

Image paste confirmation

Confirmation before sending images from the clipboard, to prevent accidental copy-pastes.

Work Chat support

Support for Work Chat: Messenger for Workplace. You can switch to it in the Febbu Messenger/File menu.

Code blocks

You can send code blocks by using Markdown syntax.

Background behavior

When closing the window, the app will by default continue running in the background, in the dock on macOS and the tray on Linux/Windows. Right-click the dock/tray icon and choose Quit to completely quit the app. On macOS, click the dock icon to show the window. On Linux, right-click the tray icon and choose Toggle to toggle the window. On Windows, click the tray icon to toggle the window.

Note that you can change the behavior of Febbu Messenger so that the app closes when the window is closed. For this, you'll need to go to the settings and click on Quit on Window Close.

Custom styles

Advanced users can modify the colors/styles of Caprine. Click the menu item Febbu Messenger/FileFebbu Messenger SettingsAdvancedCustom Styles and a CSS file will open up in your default editor.

Keyboard shortcuts

Description Keys
New conversation Cmd/Ctrl n
Search conversations Cmd/Ctrl k
Toggle "Dark mode" Cmd/Ctrl d
Next conversation Cmd/Ctrl ] or Ctrl Tab
Previous conversation Cmd/Ctrl [ or Ctrl Shift Tab
Jump to conversation Cmd/Ctrl 19
Insert GIF Cmd/Ctrl g
Insert emoji Cmd/Ctrl e
Insert text Cmd/Ctrl i
Search in conversation Cmd/Ctrl f
Mute conversation Cmd/Ctrl Shift m
Archive conversation Cmd/Ctrl Shift a
Delete conversation Cmd/Ctrl Shift d
Toggle "Always on Top" Cmd/Ctrl Shift t
Toggle window menu Alt (Windows only)
Toggle sidebar Cmd/Ctrl Shift s
Switch to Messenger Cmd/Ctrl Shift 1
Switch to Workchat Cmd/Ctrl Shift 2
Preferences Cmd/Ctrl ,
Tip

On macOS, you can change these in the System Preferences and you can even add your own keyboard shortcuts for menu items without a predefined keyboard shortcut.


Dev

Built with Electron.

Run

$ npm install && npm start

Build

See the electron-builder docs.

Publish

$ npm run release

Then edit the automatically created GitHub Releases draft and publish.

Maintainers

Disclaimer

Febbu Messenger is a third-party app and is not affiliated with Facebook. Febbu Messenger build based on open source github project Caprine https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine